Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Skrep is outraged

Skrepenak said he received no contact whatsoever about this hiring in advance. Commissioners should have followed county policy by declaring a state of emergency to avoid the public request-for-proposals search process, he said. He also questioned why no executive session was called to brief all three commissioners on the hiring plan.He believes the failure to notify him violates the state County Code.Commissioner Chair Maryanne Petrilla's response was to suggest that he show up for work once in a while if he wants to be part of the decision making.

This pissing contest between the Commissioners and President Judge Mark Ciavarella is going to end up costing Luzerne County a pretty penny if the State Supreme Court doesn't take original jurisdiction. Zen left a comment on an earlier post advocating the throw away the key approach and Mark points out that our demand that every criminal be prosecuted to "full extent of the law" is expensive and maybe the Judge has a pretty good case.

So the Commissioners are being sued by top Judge in the county and the case will be heard by a bunch of other Judges. Who do you think will win?

Job cuts are scheduled in all offices of the Luzerne County Government except the Judiciary at this time.

GREG SPENT THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS CALLING THE SHOTS IN LUZERNE COUNTY AND CREATING NICE, COMFY, GOOD PAYING JOBS FOR HIS FRIENDS. I DON'T THINK HE KNOWS WHAT ELSE TO DO WITH HIS TIME NOW THAT THOSE DAYS ARE OVER. REMEMBER FOLKS, HE WAS ELECTED PURELY ON THE FACT THAT HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYER. YOU DIDN'T HIRE HIM FOR HIS ABILITY TO GOVERN OR HIS QUALIFICATIONS TO MANAGE THE COUNTY. THOSE THINGS DID NOT EXIST. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. NEXT TIME YOU ELECT SOMEONE, MAKE SURE HE IS ACTUALLY QUALIFIED! BY THE WAY, HIS FIRENDS THAT HE "CREATED" POSITIONS FOR ARE NO MORE QUALIFIED THAN HE IS, YET THEIR NAMES DON'T APPEAR ON ANY PROPOSED LAYOFF LISTS. AND THE BEAT GOES ON.....WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE IN CHARGE NOW DON'T FOLLOW SUIT AND USE THEIR POSITIONS TO FILL JOBS AND REPAY POLITICAL FAVORS.